Obituaries

Dorothy Emmert

Jun 20, 2015

Jenkins Funeral Chapel         Wellston, Ohio       740.384.2704

Dorothy P. Emmert

Dorothy P. Emmert, 94, of Wellston passed away Saturday morning, June 20, 2015, at Jenkins Care Community where she had resided for the past two and a half years.

She was born in South Perry, Ohio, on November 2, 1920,...

Phyllis Norton

Jun 18, 2015

Jenkins Funeral Chapel        Wellston,,Ohio       740-384-2704

Phyllis Kaye Norton

Phyllis Kaye Norton, 76, of Wellston, passed away peacefully on Thursday morning, June 18, 2015, at home surrounded by her family, after a brief struggle with cancer.

She was born in Wellston on December 19, 1938, to the late Hiram and...

Levi Pierce

Jun 13, 2015

Levi Pierce

Levi Pierce, 17, of Wellston, Ohio, passed away unexpectedly in Wellston on Saturday evening, June 13, 2015.

He was born in Gallipolis, Ohio, on July 30, 1997, to Bobby Pierce and Kim Jayjohn of Wellston.

He was a 2015 graduate of Wellston High School where he was #52 for...

Arlene Hughes Evans

May 25, 2015

Arlene Kriebel Hughes Evans

Arlene Kriebel Hughes Evans, 90, of Wellston passed away suddenly on Monday, May 25, 2015, at Grant Medical Center in Columbus.

She was born in Wellston on April 6, 1925, to the late Kenneth E. and Pearl C. Ervin Kriebel. She was a graduate of Wellston High School and...

Andrew King

May 19, 2015

Andrew “Andy” King

Andrew “Andy” King, 91, of Wellston, passed away on Tuesday, May 19, 2015, at his residence. He was born on February 2, 1924, in Madison County, Kentucky, to the late William B. and Lula Sexton King.

He was a long-time truck driver and proud of the fact that he was...

Georgia Arthur

Apr 16, 2015

Georgia E. Arthur

Georgia E. Arthur, 89, of Wellston went home to be with her lord on Thursday morning, April 16, 2015. She was born in Van Lear, Kentucky on January 7, 1926, to the late Frank and Lydia Jennings Wetzel.

Georgia was a graduate of Wellston High School, a member of the...

Helen Cartwright

Apr 15, 2015

Helen Davis Cartwright, 101 and a former resident of Wellston, passed away on Wednesday, April 15, 2015, in North Port, Florida. She was born in Wellston in 1913, daughter of the late William and Laura Davis. She wed her husband of 62 years, Edward Cartwright ( 1908-1996 ) in 1934. Following his retirement, they moved to Stuart, Florida. Helen...

Frances Vicars

Apr 11, 2015

Jenkins Funeral Chapel       Wellston, Ohio    740.384.2704

Frances L. Vicars

Frances L. Vicars, 86, of Wellston passed away on Saturday, April 11, 2015,

at Holzer-Jackson ER. She had been a resident of the Jenkins Care Community in Wellston. She was born on September 29, 1928, in Greenup County,...

Robert Jones

Apr 5, 2015

Robert E. Jones

Robert E. Jones, 90, passed away on Easter Sunday, April 5, 2015 in Deltona, Florida. He was born in Wellston, Ohio to the late Homer and Edith Camink Jones. A former Wellston resident, he was a Wellston High School graduate and a WWII army veteran. After retiring from 40 years with the...

Paul Essman

Mar 7, 2015

Dr. Paul Jacob Essman

Dr. Paul Jacob Essman, 90, of Wellston, passed away Saturday, March 7, 2015, at his home. He was born March 26, 1924, in Wellston to the late Albert Peter and Myrtle Allen Essman. He attended Sts. Peter & Paul School and was the valedictorian of the 1941 Wellston High School class....